Each morning we started with the prayer of Caritas: And then we would say the Lord’s Prayer And then we would recite Hail Mary I am writing these down because, except for the Lord’s Prayer, I did not know the other two of them. Each of the three mornings we would have a series of [...]
Short and Sweet. Thank you Amma, I will see you in Michigan. (if you don’t know who she is – this hugging incarnation of love – check her out!)
For the past four months we have been chomping on fresh greens courtesy of our CSA from Shannon Brines of Brines Farm. Curly baby kale, dark soft spinach, tall elegant arugula, and delicate salad mix are grown in his hoop houses. Sometimes he adds squash, potatoes, beans, or frozen tomatoes to fill out the selection [...]
This is the bowl of oatmeal shown on the McDonalds website page – a page that has its own jaunty “oatmeal” tune. Why do we care that McDonalds has introduced “oatmeal” with more calories than their hamburger and with more sugar than a Snickers bar? I put “oatmeal” in quotes because, according to Mark Bittman’s [...]
For once was a teenager, in that maelstrom of high school Carnations on lockers, pressure from sideways She never felt that cool In college, E sent her an anonymous Valentine letter and every year that aged teenager’s heart glows as she sits and addresses her stack of endeavors Happy February!!!